The IAAF, governing body of world athletics, said today that it is preparing a
“detailed response” to fresh allegations of widespread doping in the sport
and added that the data from which the allegations have surfaced had been
obtained without consent.
Data from the IAAF leaked
to The Sunday Times and ARD, the German broadcaster, suggests
that a third of medals in endurance events at the Olympics and world
championships between 2001 and 2012 were won by athletes with suspicious
blood values.
The cache contained more than 12,000 blood tests from 5,000 athletes; the haul
of medals includes 55 golds.
The IAAF released a statement in which it said that it was “aware of serious
allegations made against the integrity and competence of its anti-doping
programme” but added that the allegations “are largely based on analysis of
an IAAF data base of private and confidential medical data which has been
obtained without consent”.
The statement continued: “The IAAF is now preparing a detailed response to
both media outlets and will reserve the right to take any follow-up action
necessary to protect the rights of the IAAF and its athletes.”
Earlier, the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) expressed its alarm at reports
that appeared to show unprecedented levels of doping among athletes over the
past decade. The massive scale of the suspicious data, analysed by two
world-leading anti-doping experts, threatens to cast another pal

The British and French governments have warned that the world is facing a
“global migration crisis”.
In a surprise joint intervention, Theresa May, the home secretary, and her
French counterpart, Bernard Cazeneuve, have called on countries across
Europe and Africa to help tackle the roots causes of the chaos in Calais.
Speaking to The Telegraph, the leaders warn would-be immigrants
who are planning to make the “desperate” journey in search of a better life
that Britain’s streets “are not paved with gold”.
“Our border is secure, and there is no easy way into the UK,” they say.
The senior government representatives say the world is facing “a global
migration crisis” that requires a European and international response, and
warn that the burden of tackling the problem should not lie with Britain and
France alone.
“Many of those in Calais and attempting

Neil Kinnock, Labour’s former leader, has given his backing to Andy Burnham in
the contest for the party leadership and warned supporters against voting
for Jeremy Corbyn.
Lord Kinnock, leader between 1983 and 1992, did not refer to Mr Corbyn by
name, but warned that “the Trotskyite left and the Telegraph
right who might participate in this election clearly have their own malign
purposes”.
Having overtaken Mr Burnham, the former frontrunner, on the back of a wave of
grassroots support, Mr Corbyn has also been backed by a “Tories for Corbyn”
campaign, convinced that his hard-left stance will consign Labour to another
defeat.
Lord Kinnock called for “realism” in the election, adding that “it won’t be
enough to protest”.
Writing in The Observer, he says: “The vote is not simply about our
justified rage against the injustice, inefficiency and waste